MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shanta mean?
Shanta is the feminine form of Sanskrit śānta, calm or tranquil. In epic tradition, Shanta is Dasharatha’s daughter and the adopted daughter of Romapada. She becomes the wife of the sage Rishyashringa.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शांता
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
शान्ता
Letter-by-letter: śāntā
19,189 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shanta in Indian usage
33,742 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (96.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 32,552 records (96.5%).
- Recorded as male: 1,190 records (3.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,432 |
| 1940s | 4,435 |
| 1950s | 7,062 |
| 1960s | 7,936 |
| 1970s | 6,100 |
| 1980s | 4,092 |
| 1990s | 2,487 |
| Other decades | 198 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 18,094 |
| Rajasthan | 7,496 |
| Delhi | 1,402 |
| Bihar | 948 |
| Goa | 884 |
| Maharashtra | 778 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 704 |
| Jharkhand | 658 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 576 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 540 |
| Punjab | 534 |
| Haryana | 469 |
| Uttarakhand | 225 |
| Other states | 434 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, śānta, p. 1064,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, śāntā, p. 1064,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.